BSE market cap reaches historic P50bn mark

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Market capitalisation for the domestic bourse reached the P50 billion mark in the second quarter of this year, which is the highest in the history of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE).

Compared to the end of the previous quarter of P45.3 billion, market capitalisation edged up by 11 percent to P50.5 billion this quarter.

According to a quarterly report from Motswedi Securities, during the second quarter, 241 million shares worth P944.8 million exchanged hands.

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